Alexander bryant



.(No Model.)

A.BRYANT. PIPE HANGER.

No. 519,318. Patented May 8, 1894.

j NITED STATE ALEXANDER BRYANT, on NEW YORK, N. Y;

PIPE-HANGER.

' .SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,318, dated May8,1894.

Application filed December 7, 1891. Eierial No.4=l4=,283. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: f

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER BRYANT, of

New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Pipe-Hangers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates particularly to that class of pipe hangers whichmay be secured to the beams or girders of a building; and the objects ofsaid invention are to providea simple, inexpensive and efficient devicefor securing and retaining steam pipes and the like in any desiredposition upon or in proximity to the wall of a building.

A further object is so to construct the pipe holder that one of themembers composingthe same may be disengaged from the pipe withoutremoving it from the other member. To this end my invention consists inthe novel construction and combinations of parts as will be more fullyset forth in the followingdescription and then pointed out in theclaims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, illustratingone way in which my invention is applied to an ordinary I-beam andsupports a vertical pipe. Fig.2 is a plan view of same;" and Fig. 3 is adetail, showing by dotted lines one of the members turned out of itsnormal position for the attachment or removal of the I pipe.

In the drawings D, is an ordinary I-beam to which the pipe hanger isadapted to be secured.

At A is shown a ring or annular band for engaging a pipe E, and composedof two members a and a. The inner member a is provided at its centralportion with a screwthreaded socket 01. the face of which preferablyabuts against the side of the beam and into which socket a tie-rod oranchor-rodB, is secured as will appear hereinafter. Each member a, a,has projecting outwardly therefrom an ear or enlargement aid, respect-'ively, located on opposite sides. The cars a are each provided withascrew-thread into which bolts a are adapted to be secured, the saidbolts inclining toward each other and passing through apertures in thecorresponding ears or enlargements a, of the member a, preferablytangential to the opening in or through the ring. This tangentialarrangement of the bolts a, of the ring A, will allow the member a, tobe swung over the pipe to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3, orbe removed therefrom by releasing one of the bolts entirely and allowingthe other to serve as a pivot. ber a, on its pivot, will vary as theinclination of the bolts a is increased. This will allow the hanger tobe applied in very close places and will also allow the ring to bereadily disconnected.

O is a hook, preferably L-shaped, arranged on the side of the beamopposite to that of the ring or pipe holder A. This hook may be made ofpipe connections as illustrated in the drawings, or may be made of onecasting, the upper portion being provided with a screwthread oppositelyarranged to the thread in the socket a of the ring. hook engages aportion of the beam while the face of the threaded portion of the hookabuts against the side of said beam. The tie-rod B, preferably a pipe,has oppositely threaded ends adapted to enter the screw-threaded portionof the hook G, and the threaded socket a of the ring. By turning theirodit will be seen that the parts are rigidly secured to the beam by thebinding of the hook and the face The angle of throw of the mem- The endof the of the socket against said beam. It will be observed that bymaking the hangers as described no special castings are necessary otherthan those used for the clamping ring, as ordinary gas pipe connectionsmaybe employed to advantage.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a pipe hanger adapted to be secured to a support, a ringcomprising two members; the said members being secured together by boltsinclining toward each other and ar ranged tangentially with respect tothe openportion of the hook and with the opposite end the socket of thering, for securing them rigidly to the beam, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 15 name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ALEXANDER BRYANT.

Witnesses:

A. N. J ESBERA, A. WIDDER.

